Cuff for garments



July 7, 1964 s cs 3,139,625

CUFF FOR GARMENTS Filed Oct. 18, 1962 United States Patent 3,139,625 CUFF FOR GARMENTS Marcus Manly Isaacs, Coogee, New South Wales, Australia (583 Pacific Highway, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia) Filed Oct. 18, 1962, Ser. No. 231,393 Claims priority, application Australia Nov. 9, 1961 3 Claims. (Cl. 2-232) This invention relates to cuffs for trouser bottoms, and for the sleeves of jackets and coats. It is hereinafter described in connection with trouser bottoms, but it will be appreciated that virtually the same considerations apply to cuffed sleeves of coats and jackets, to which the invention is equally applicable.

There are so many styles and types of ready-made garments on the market today that the average retailer is unable to carry the numerous garments in the range of sizes which would be necessary to fit his various customers.

As a consequence, alteration of ready-made garments to fit customers is the usual thing, particularly as to the length of the leg of trousers, and thesleeves of coats and jackets.

These alterations are made by the retailer of the garment, or by a local tailor, and some are attempted in the home. As the facilities and skill for making the alterations, and removing and replacing the creases, are rarely equivalent to those in the factory, such local alterations are regarded by the trade as sub-standard, below the quality of the rest of the garment. I

The adjustment of leg length of trousers by the retailer is so common that in advanced countries some manufacturers supply the retailer with trousers having unfinished bottoms. This involves the retailer in a costly tailoring and pressing operation with every sale.

The lengthening of the normalculfed trouser results in a mock cuff with incorrect folds, whilst the maximum lengthening possible is generally about two inches.

The object of this invention (as applied to trousers) is to provide a cuff which is separate from the trouser leg and adapted to be attached thereto by sewing or other means.

A prime virtue of the separate cuff is that it permits trousers to be supplied to the retailer or purchaser with plain bottoms, which are easily altered. The cuff can then be applied to the trouser leg of correct length. It can be removed in the home to permit the trouser leg length being increased to meet the needs of a growing boy, and reattached as neatly as previously.

A further advantage of the separate attachable cuff is that the trouser bottom and the cuff itself can be separately made with greater precision and ease than if the cuffs were formed unitarily with the trouser leg. Most importantly, the cost of separate manufacture is less.

The separate cuffs can also be made of a material different from, or more suitable for cuffs than that of the garment, and to any shape required by changing fashions. Being removable, they also permit the garment to be worn with or without cuffs. The permanent creasing of trousers, which is of increasing importance, is easier without a cuff, more particularly if leg length is to be altered.

The cuffs in accordance with this invention can be reinforced to any required degree, and accordingly are more resistant to sagging and keep their shape better than conventional attached cuffs.

In order to fully describe the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cuff in accordance with the invention,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof applied to a trouquired stiffness to the cuff.

to a trouser.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 the cuff 8 consists of a length of suitable material 9 (commonly the same as that constituting the trouser) folded about a central band 10 of stifiening lining material, to form an upper hem 11 and a lower hem 12.

The liner 10 is stitched to the upper hem 11 at 13, near the upper edge of the cufi, and to the lower hem 12 at 14, just below the centre line of the cuff, preferably by blind stitching. The liner is made of a material giving the re- The annular cuff 8 thus formed is slid over the bottom of a plain trouser leg 15 (FIG. 2) and is secured thereto by a line of stitching 16 (FIGS. 2 and 3) joining the upper hem 11 to the trouser leg just below the line of stitching 13. 7

Though not'essential, it may be desired to secure the lower hem 12 to the extreme bottom of the trouser, by a line of blind stitching 17 which does not penetrate right through the cuff. This bottom securement may be continuous around the cuff, or at spaced intervals.

By this simple means the cuff is attached to the trouser, either at the top alone or at the top and bottom, by the retailer after leg length has been correctly set. To permit the housewife to attach the cuff along the bottom hem, in the absence of blind-stitching equipment, the constructions of FIGS. 4 and 5 are most valuable.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lining 10 is brought over the inturned bottom hem 12 forming an outside flap 13 which can then be secured to the bottom of the trouser 15 by ordinary penetrating stitching 19 in place of blind stitching.

As shown in FIG. 5, an additional depending band 20 of relatively firm material is secured to the inside of lower hem 12 by the line of stitching 14, to form a flap which is secured by ordinary stitching 21 to the lower end of the trouser 15. If continued below the bottom of the trouser, the lower edge of this band 20 constitutes a cuff-guard for the trouser.

The cuff 8 may be secured to the trouser leg 15 by means other than stitching, either permanently or detachably. FIG. 6 illustrates the removable attachment by means of press studs, the male units 22 of which are secured to the upper cuff hem 11 and the female units 23 of which are mounted on or in the material of the trouser leg 15. Any other suitable securing means, such as staples, may also be used.

FIG. 7 illustrates the versatility of the detachable cuff, which in this form consists of a semi-cuff 24, curved or shaped as required by the dictates of fashion, and secured to one side of the trouser leg 15 by means (for instance) of a row of stitching 25.

In accordance with the invention, the stitching 25 follows the line of the upper hem of the cuff, and so secures the latter against gaping and sag, whatever its shape.

The invention provides a simple and economic cuff which greatly facilitates the length adjustment of trouser legs and sleeves, which presents a better appearance than a unitary cuff, and which has the other advantages mentioned herein.

What I claim is:

1. A garment having a cufiless lower edge, and a separate cuff secured to the outer surface of said lower edge of the garment, said cuff comprising a liner band of textile material substantially the full Width of the cuff and having upper and lower edges, a length of cuff material folded over the upper and the lower edges of the liner band for forming upper and lower hems on the inner surface of the liner band, two lines of externally invisible stitching securing respectively the upper hem to the upper edge of the liner band and the upper edge of the lower hem to the liner band intermediate its edges, and two lines of externally invisible stitching securing the upper and lower cuff hems to the garment adjacent the upper edge of the cuff and adjacent the lower edge of the garment respectively.

2. A garment having a cufiless lower edge, and a separate cuff secured to the outer surface of said lower edge of the garment, said cuff comprising a liner band of textile material substantially the full width of the cuff and having upper and lower edges, a length of cuff material folded over the upper and lower edges of the liner band for forming upper and lower hems on the inner surface of the liner band, a depending attachment band, two lines of externally invisible stitching securing respectively the upper hem to the upper edge of the liner band and the upper edge of the lower hem and said depending attachment band to the liner band intermediate its edges, and two lines of externally invisible stitching securing the upper cuff hem and the attachment band to the garment adjacent the upper edge of the cuff and adjacent the lower edge of the garment respectively.

3. A garment having a cuffiess lower edge, and a separate cuff secured to the outer surface of said lower edge of the garment, said cuff comprising a liner band of textile material substantially the full width of the cuff and having upper and lower edges, a length of cuff material folded over the upper edge of the liner band for forming an upper hem, and inwardly about itself for forming a lower hem depending slightly below the bottom edge of the liner band, two lines of invisible stitching securing respectively the upper hem to the upper edge of the liner band and the upper edge of the lower hem to the liner band intermediate its edges, and two lines of externally invisible stitching securing the upper cuff hem and the liner band to the garment adjacent the upper edge of the cuff and adjacent the lower edge of the garment respectively.

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1. A GARMENT HAVING A CUFFLESS LOWER EDGE, AND A SEPARATE CUFF SECURED TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID LOWER EDGE OF THE GARMENT, SAID CUFF COMPRISING A LINER BRAND OF TEXTILE MATERIAL SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL WIDTH OF THE CUFF AND HAVING UPPER AND LOWER EDGES, A LENGTH OF CUFF MATERIAL FOLDED OVER THE UPPER AND THE LOWER EDGES OF THE LINER BAND FOR FORMING UPPER AND LOWER HEMS ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE LINER BAND, TWO LINES OF EXTERNALLY INVISIBLE STITCHING SECURING RESPECTIVELY THE UPPER HEM TO THE UPPER EDGE OF THE LINER BAND AND THE UPPER EDGE OF THE LOWER HEM TO THE LINER BAND INTERMEDIATE ITS EDGES, AND TWO LINES OF EXTERNALLY INVISIBLE STITCHING SECURING THE UPPER AND LOWER CUFF HEMS TO THE GARMENT ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGE OF THE CUFF AND ADJACENT THE LOWER EDGE OF THE GARMENT RESPECTIVELY. 